Haplogroups as evolutionary markers of cognitive ability

Intelligence

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 362-375

  Rindermann, Heiner ^a   Woodley, Michael A ^b   Stratford, James ^c  

^a CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Evolutionary theories; Haplogroups; HDI; Intelligence; National differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861702260     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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